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JOHN II. MESLER, OF SYMM ES CORNER, OHIO.

' Letters Patent No. 65,256, time Ma 28, 1867.

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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. MESLER, of Symmes Corner, in the county of Butler, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Compound for the Prevention and Cure of Hog-Cholera and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, with its mode of compounding and manner of administering.

The object of this invention is the prevention and cure of a very prevalent and dangerous malady among hogs, commonly known by the name of hog-cholera, the said medicine having proved very eifeetive in curing cases of the above disease.

My manner of compounding is as follows: Put three quarts of chamber-lye into a jug; add to the same i twelve ounces gum assafoetida; let stand seven days; then. add, tincture camphor, two ounces; tincture opium,

two ounces; tincture rhubarb, two ounces; Whiskey, one and one-half pint.

After thoroughly mixing the compound it is ready for administering, which is done as follows:

For the prevention of the disease: Give one-half table-spoonful three times per week to each hog.

For the cure of the disease: Give one-half table-spoonful three times per day to each hog.

The medicine to be administered in milk or slop, or, in extreme cases, to be poured down the throat of the animal.

I claim herein as new, and of my invention- A compound for the prevention and cure of hog-cholera, made of the ingredients set forth.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

JOHN H. MESLER.

Witnesses:

GEO. H. KNIGHT, JAMES H. LAYMAN. 

